Continuing with my series of posts of piecing together an epic trip around South Pacific, New Zealand and Australia… So, as I’ve mentioned in my last post, our flights to and within Australia are mostly booked.  However, there was an issue of covering five tickets for my in-laws/kids flight from Queenstown to Melbourne. Unfortunately, the only […]

As I’m sure most of you’ve heard, Chase has just introduced draconian new rules for those who covet their Sapphire products. The biggest bummer and one I initially missed, is this little wording in the terms: So, what that means is if you’ve applied for Chase Sapphire Reserve last year and received the bonus, you won’t […]

Continuing with my series of posts of piecing together an epic trip around South Pacific… Last week I’ve mentioned that my flights from LAX to Tahiti and Tahiti to Auckland are finally booked. Wohoo! On to the next piece of the puzzle. After some agonizing back and forth, I’ve decided to spend two nights in […]

Not long ago my husband stunned me with this question: “Aren’t you a little concerned that you will lose blog readers because of our fancy trip next year? After all, you market your niche as budget-friendly family travel.” He wasn’t being passive aggressive or insulting, just genuinely curious. This was fascinating to me on two […]